Lexical Definition
חָלַם châlam (khaw-lam') be healthy H:V
a primitive root
(cause to) dream(-er), be in good liking, recover.
- properly, to bind firmly, i.e. (by implication) to be (causatively to make) plump
- also (through the figurative sense of dumbness) to dream
1) to dream
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to dream (ordinary)
1a2) to dream (prophetic)
1a3) to dream (of false prophets)
1b) (Hiphil) to dream
2) to be healthy, be strong
2a) (Qal) to be healthy
2b) (Hiphil) to restore to health
See Greek: ἐμπίπτω · ἐνυπνιάζομαι · ἐνύπνιον · ἐνύπνιον · ὁράω · παρακαλέω
Brown-Driver-Briggs
I. [חָלַם] verb be healthy, strong (Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic Ethpe`el be made healthy, strong, Aph`el causative, also derivatives; חֲלַם press firmly together) —
Qal Imperfect יַחְלְמוּ בְנֵיהֶם Job 39:4 their young are healthy. Hiph`il Imperfect 2 masculine singular וְתַחֲלִימֵנִי Isa 38:16 and restore me to health (|| וְהַחֲיֵ֫ינִי).
II. חָלַם verb dream (Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic , חֲלַם; Ethiopic
Arabic
, dream, experience an emission of the seminal fluid, attain to puberty) —
Qal Perfect ׳ח Gen 42:9; Dan 2:1, חָלַמְתִּי Gen 37:9 + 3 t., חָלָ֑מְתִּי Gen 37:6 + 2 t., etc., + 3 t. Perfect; Imperfect יַחֲלֹם Isa 29:8 + 5 t., יַחְלְמוּ Job 39:4, וַיַּחַלְמוּ Gen 40:5, יַחֲלֹמ֑וּן Joel 3:1*, נַחַלְמָה Gen 41:11 Participle חוֺלֵם Deut 13:4*,חֹלֵם Gen 41:1; Deut 13:2*; Deut 13:6*, חֹלְמִים Ps 126:1 — dream:
a. of ordinary dreams of sleep Isa 29:8 (twice in verse); Ps 126:1.
b. of dreams with prophetic meaning: of Jacob Gen 28:12, Joseph Gen 37:5; Gen 37:6; Gen 37:9 (twice in verse); Gen 37:10; Gen 42:9, of Pharaoh and his servants Gen 40:5; Gen 40:8; Gen 41:1; Gen 41:5; Gen 41:11 (twice in verse); Gen 41:15 (all E, not elsewhere in Hexateuch); of Midianite Judg 7:13, Nebuchad. Dan 2:1; Dan 2:3, old men in latter days Joel 3:1*.
c. of dreams of false prophets Deut 13:2*; Deut 13:4*; Deut 13:6*; Jer 23:25 (twice in verse). Hiph`il Participle, מַחְלְמִים dream (of false prophets, with accusative of congnate meaning with verb) Jer 29:8 (but read חֹלְמִים [מ by dittograph from אַתֶּם], Hi Gf Gie Gr).
Brown-Driver-Briggs References
| Book | Refs |
|---|---|
| Genesis | 28:12 · 37:5 · 37:6 · 37:9 · 37:10 · 40:5 · 40:8 · 41:1 · 41:5 · 41:11 · 41:15 · 42:9 |
| Deuteronomy | 13:2* · 13:4* · 13:6* |
| Judges | 7:13 |
| Job | 39:4 |
| Psalms | 126:1 |
| Isaiah | 29:8 · 38:16 |
| Jeremiah | 23:25 · 29:8 |
| Daniel | 2:1 · 2:3 |
| Joel | 3:1* |